This book examines the unique synthesis created by the Jewish Enlightenment scholar Isaak Satanow (17341804) between Jewish tradition, scientific research, and his philosophical search for truth with the help of Kabbalah. It confronts his ambivalent reception in scholarly discourse and questions conventional categories of analysis in Haskalah research, such as assimilation, rationalism, secularization, and educational reform.

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Elke Morlok, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany.